Slim Aarons 'Acapulco Villa' Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Archival Pigment
'Villa Vera Acapulco' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons Estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photogr...
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Villa Vera, Acapulco (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons Estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photogr...
Lambda
Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The swimming pool at Arturo Pani’s villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Sta...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, January 1968.
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons, Guests at the Villa Nirvana (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...
Lambda
$3,900
Slim Aarons, 'Arturo Pani's Villa' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The swimming pool at Arturo Pani's villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. Slim Aarons Arturo Pani's Villa 1984 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edi...
C Print
Arturo Pani’s Villa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The swimming pool at Arturo Pani’s villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968 unframed c type print printed ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988) and four people relaxing on the terrace of Monzino's home, Villa de...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Acapulco Villa' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Acapulco Villa' Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, January 1968. 72 x 48" inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Canova Sculpture at the Villa Borghese'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Canova Sculpture at the Villa Borghese 1970 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Lambda
'Villa Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Color, Archival Pigment
'Villa Nirvana' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Color, Archival Pigment
'Vane's Villa' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Color, Archival Pigment
Arturo Pani's Villa Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Color, Archival Pigment
Villa D'Este Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Color, Archival Pigment
Villa Borghese Lion Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Color, Archival Pigment
'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Archival Pigment
Acapulco Pool, Villa Nirvana (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Acapulco Pool, Villa Nirvana (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
Lambda
Guest at Villa Nirvana (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
Lambda
Guests At Villa Nirvana 1978 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests At Villa Nirvana 1978 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm ...
Archival Pigment
$4,200
Slim Aarons 'Vane's Villa' 1987 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Vane's Villa' Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Spain, 1987. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
Archival Pigment
Guests At Villa Nirvana Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests At Villa Nirvana 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978 unframed...
Archival Pigment
Acapulco Villa Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, January 1968. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size.
Archival Pigment
Acapulco Villa Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, January 1968.
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'CZ's House, Villa Artemis' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
CZ's House 1955 C Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is syn...
Lambda
$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Acapulco Villa' Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, January 1968. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
Archival Pigment
'Villa At Cuarton' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Acapulco Villa c1974 Framed Color Double Plate
By Slim Aarons
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 13"H x 20"W Frame Sz: 14 1/4"H x 21 1/4"W In custom gilt bamboo frame Original color double page from Slim Aarons' iconic book "A Wonderful Time" published 1974 The class...
Color
$4,200
Arturo Pani's Villa C Print, Slim Aarons, Estate Signed, 1984
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The swimming pool at Arturo Pani's villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. Slim Aarons Arturo Pani's Villa 1984 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edi...
C Print
Vane's Villa, Majorca 1987, Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa 1987 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Slim Aar...
C Print
$3,600
Guests At The Furstenberg Villa 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests At The Furstenberg Villa 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Elena Pratolongo, Prince Edward Egon von Furstenberg, Contessa Geronaffo, Luca Stucchi, Silvia Ferrante and Conte A...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Guests At Villa Nirvana 1978 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Guests At Villa Nirvana - Oversize Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978.
C Print, Color
$3,600
Guests At The Furstenberg Villa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests At The Furstenberg Villa 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Elena Pratolongo, Prince Edward Egon von Furstenberg, Contessa Geronaffo, Luca Stucchi, Silv...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Guests At Villa Nirvana - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests At Villa Nirvana Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
Archival Pigment
'Guests At Villa Nirvana' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Guests At Villa Nirvana' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978.
C Print
$4,882
'Hotel Villa Igra Pool' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Archival Pigment
Villa Olivella, Naples, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Giacomo Montegazza and Stefania Montegazza lying in the grounds of their villa, La Cassinella, on Lak...
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Villa Olivella, Naples, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Giacomo Montegazza and Stefania Montegazza lying in the grounds of their villa, La Cassinella, on Lak...
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Villa Olivella, Naples, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Giacomo Montegazza and Stefania Montegazza lying in the grounds of their villa, La Cassinella, on Lak...
Lambda
Villa Olivella, Naples, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Giacomo Montegazza and Stefania Montegazza lying in the grounds of their villa, La Cassinella, on Lak...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Guests At Villa Nirvana' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Guests At Villa Nirvana' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. 40 x 30" inches / 101...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Guests At Villa Nirvana' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Guests At Villa Nirvana' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. 40 x 60" inches / 102...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Guests At Villa Nirvana' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Guests At Villa Nirvana' Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
C Print
$2,750
'Pool At Villa Gli Arieti' 1986 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Villa Gli Arieti' 1986 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The pool at the Villa Gli Arieti, home of Lamberto Micangeli, in Ansedonia, near Porto Ercole, Italy, Septe...
C Print, Color
'Guests At The Furstenberg Villa' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Guests At The Furstenberg Villa' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Elena Pratolongo, Prince Edward Egon von Furstenberg, Contessa Geronaffo, Luca Stucchi, Silvia Ferra...
C Print, Color
Portofino Villa (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "at...
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
C Print
Guests at the Villa Nirvana (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Girolamo Strozzi' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Girolamo Strozzi at Villa Cusona 1983 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Lambda
Las Brisas 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972. 40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
Archival Pigment
Las Brisas 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Archival Pigment
Villa Vera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
C Print
Villa Vera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
C Print
American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.
In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.
In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.
Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
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Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
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